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New curves in Qc3GenECDHKeyPair API

Only BRAINPOOL and NIST curves can be used to generate Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman key pair (Qc3GenECDHKeyPair API) but based on https://safecurves.cr.yp.to/ Curve25519, Curve2213, etc. are safer curves.We are software editor and our file transf...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Future consideration

Expose the iNavigator import CA certs via an API

The newly released iNavigator allows the automatic import of the latest CA certs to the *SYSTEM store. I would like to see this possible via an API that can be called from a program.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Improvement of i_node cache handling

Request to change the handling of inode cache to be smarted as file cache handling in AIX. Comparing with file system cache and i-node cache handling is different from AIX. For memory management on filesystem cache, the file cache size can be incr...
over 4 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

v7r2 Backup joblog incorrect CPD37C4

The joblog generated by a backup indicates the success or failure of the backup.After installing v7r2, an incorrect message CPD37C4 – “ nnn objects not saved” is issued. The reason the objects are not saved is that IBM has marked the objects "ALWS...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Future consideration

get_xml_file() need to be encoding agnostic

The get_xml_file() is a fantastic tool to load XML files from the IFS. However it will fail if data is stored in utf-16LE format.
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Digital Certificate Manager, Import Certificate by retrieve from port

Importing certificates into the DCM is a slow task that requires the transfer of files, files that are not always readily available. As in the WAS console, it would be useful to acquire the certificate directly from the Server through its IP addre...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

Support importing OVA files created by aix command "create_ova"

From development we have got information: "the OVA created by PowerVC has a different set of properties. So the one created using AIX command will not work here". Make it possible to import also OVA created from aix command "create_ova".
over 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Provide the LPP Option when providing CVE Security bulletins

When reviewing the Security bulletins published from IBM they mention the PTF (Program Temporary Fix) Id that will fix the problem and the LPP (Licensed Program Product) but they do not mention the LPP option. With most LPP's there is only a singl...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Future consideration

LPM Validation to check for available CPUs based on OS.

Hi team; we've seen that when you have IFL (Linux and VIOS cpus only) configured on your servers, LPM validation does not check for available AIX cpu resources on the target based on the os running lpar that you are moving. The validations takes i...
over 2 years ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Auto pull in binding directory and copy files for procedures

As soon as you reference a procedure, the binding directory and copy file is auto included in the source. Use Case: If I started typing toUpperCase and I have not bound to my Textutils binding directory or included the copy file that we have the o...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

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